Bagel Heads refers to a type of temporary body modification involving the injection of saline into the forehead to create a doughnut-shaped bulge. While often associated with the Japanese underground scene, the practice was actually pioneered by artist Jerome Abramovitch in Canada during the late 1990s before gaining mainstream notoriety through a National Geographic 'Taboo' episode in 2012. On the internet, the imagery became a go-to for expressing shock at bizarre trends or making jokes about being obsessed with carbs. The meme typically highlights the absurdity of the visual, often paired with captions about extreme breakfast cravings or drastic physical transformations gone wrong.